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At least with the CDRW drive you can write CDs if you didn't want to use your DVD drive to do it. I don't know about the drive you got, but the CDRW drives on my machines burn CDs faster than my DVD burner does. So I'll usually burn all my CDs in the CDRW drives.

Okay, my reasoning was that I thought the DVD-ROM would have a faster read speed, and it would also allow me to read a DVD on one drive, while writing to the other (without swapping during a DVD backup/copy)...

BTW, the Staples sale is still on...but it is an 'in-store' only sale... I think it goes on for a week...or while supplies last... $30.00 rebate makes it $49.99 in the end...

In addition to my first question, now that I have a dual format, I am trying to figure out which format to start out with... The +/- thing is pretty darn confusing...I don't need that many options in my life...

quote:Originally posted by Francesco Hate to disagree with Bryan, but a DVD-RW makes an OK CD burner. Keep the DVD-ROM so that you can rip & burn DVDs using any of a number of systems (DVDShrink, etc.).

I'm not saying it doesn't make an ok CD burner, just that my CDRW drives burn CDs much faster than my DVD burner can. His burner might burn them just as fast.

As for having two drives to make copies from, I've always used DVDShrink and copied the material to the HD, then the DVD so I don't know anything about doing it straight from drive to drive.

To me the determining factor would be the CD burn speed. If the CDRW isn't faster than the DVD burner then it wouldn't matter to me which stayed in.

quote:Originally posted by Bryanmc I'm not saying it doesn't make an ok CD burner, just that my CDRW drives burn CDs much faster than my DVD burner can. His burner might burn them just as fast.

As for having two drives to make copies from, I've always used DVDShrink and copied the material to the HD, then the DVD so I don't know anything about doing it straight from drive to drive.

To me the determining factor would be the CD burn speed. If the CDRW isn't faster than the DVD burner then it wouldn't matter to me which stayed in.

I agree with Francesco for using 2 drives with dvdshrink, etc. Much easier. Even if you use 2 drives with dvdshrink, the encoding is still written to the hard drive. 2 drives just makes it easier because you don't have to swap out originals for blanks. Since it's on the hard drive, you can make multiple copies with nero, or the like, from the hard drive.

Does that drive had a riplock on it? My old Sony DRU500 was riplocked to 2X and my NEC 2500A is riplocked at 4X (I don't really like to install non-OEM riplock-less firmware) so I keep my DVD-ROM around because it can rip at up to 10X.

quote:Originally posted by logic88 Does that drive had a riplock on it? My old Sony DRU500 was riplocked to 2X and my NEC 2500A is riplocked at 4X (I don't really like to install non-OEM riplock-less firmware) so I keep my DVD-ROM around because it can rip at up to 10X.

A riplock? That stinks... Didn't know something like that existed...

How do I find out? I can't imagine it is something that would be on the side of the box in the published specs...or would it?

quote:Originally posted by Bryanmc I'm not saying it doesn't make an ok CD burner, just that my CDRW drives burn CDs much faster than my DVD burner can. His burner might burn them just as fast.

Older DVD-RW and +RW drives were significantly slower in CD writing speed than their CD-RW counterparts from that generation. My pioneer DVD-RW drive can only write cd's at 8x.

In fact, when +RW drives first hit the market, they were touted as having a higher write speed for CD's as one of their advantages, but IIRC, they only burned at 24x while CD-RW drives were hitting 40x.

Things have changed a bit now

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I'm noticing more and more how my life is beginning to mirror Raj's....YIKES!! --disco

1. Roxio Media Creator 6 - The drive came with Roxio Media Creater 6 (basic edition is my assumption)... I have Roxio's CD Creator Deluxe (version 5 I think), which includes stuff that aren't included in the basic edition...

If I install the software that came with the DVD writer, will it clobber my old version... can both co-exist?

2. Analog Audio Cable to Motherboard - I just installed the drive and neither of my previous drives had an analog audio cable attached and connected to the motherboard...

I took the analog cable and connected it to the motherboard... But I don't know what, if any, benefits I will get from doing this... Is this a good thing, or should have just left well enough alone and not connect it... How do I know it is even doing anything at all?